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Rooms with a view – and a story to tell

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/707-rooms-with-a-view-and-a-story-to-tell

10 Aug 2018: Tasmanian School of Business and Economics’ PhD student Monika Belhaj will lead an intensive study into the unique offerings of MACq 01 Hotel on Hobart’s waterfront. Her research will explore the links between marketing and visitor experience,
Bringing seafood governance to the surface

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/602-bringing-seafood-governance-to-the-surface

3 May 2018: In Tasmania, marine farming and aquaculture has expanded rapidly since the 1990s and is now one of the state's major industries. With its expansion comes the complexities of the governance of this industry. University of Tasmania PhD candidate Coco
How language can help us love and care for a frozen land

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/787-how-language-can-help-us-love-and-care-for-a-frozen-land

19 Oct 2018: Hobart has a special role in determining how Australia relates to Antarctica. The city is already home to the largest community of Antarctic scientists in the world. Now a national research project is exploring how language and art can help us
How economists figure out what drives our spending patterns

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/593-how-economists-figure-out-what-drives-our-spending-patterns

30 Apr 2018: When it comes to the Australian tradition of shouting someone a drink, the unfortunate truth is that no matter how long you wait, one in five people will never shout you in return. And the reasons why are almost never as simple as someone trying to
Why traditional teaching methods fail to develop our long-term memory

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/589-why-traditional-teaching-methods-fail-to-develop-our-long-term-memory

29 Apr 2018: While many university students are just focussed on getting through their exams, potential employers are interested in graduates would can retain the vital information they’ve learned from their degree well into their professional lives. But
Looking at Antarctica through an advertising lens

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/562-looking-at-antarctica-through-an-advertising-lens

19 Mar 2018: Ever wondered how your perception of Antarctica has been shaped over the years? Influences are usually documentaries, advertising, or by reading books on the continent. Being a continent that is accessible to very few people, Antarctica is regarded
Why the biggest myths about organisational change miss the point

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/550-why-the-biggest-myths-about-organisational-change-miss-the-point

12 Mar 2018: Organisational change isn’t linear. There’s no clear beginning or end point. Instead, it’s a cycle – an ongoing process that every organisation must be ready to actively engage with at any given time. And the troubling thing is that very few
How retailers turn everyday items into ‘must-have’ collectables

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/714-how-retailers-turn-everyday-items-into-must-have-collectables

24 Aug 2018: Coles’ recent “Little Shop collectables” promotion has proved a hit with consumers, with entire sets of the toy products selling online for exorbitant prices. This success is interesting given recent conversations and media coverage around
Let the games begin

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/570-let-the-games-begin

5 Apr 2018: Britain’s territorial vastness was neatly summed up in the Victorian era by the observation that “the sun never sets on the British Empire”. For 350 years, dating from when the East India Company was founded in 1600 until after the end of
No presents, please

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/666-no-presents-please

18 Jul 2018: Western children have more toys, games and possessions than ever before. And Australia has one of the highest rates of average spending per child on toys. Faced with a glut of children’s toys at home, more and more parents are presenting gift
Should Australia recognise the human right to a healthy environment?

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/545-should-australia-recognise-the-human-right-to-a-healthy-environment

28 Feb 2018: Australia is one of only 15 nations (a list that also includes Canada and the United States) that does not recognise the human right to a healthy environment at the federal level. Last year, the Australian Panel of Experts on Environmental
We won’t close the gap

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/542-we-wont-close-the-gap

19 Feb 2018: The recent Closing the Gap report has highlighted the lack of progress in Indigenous affairs since the apology to the Stolen Generations a decade ago. Although not a specific target, safe, appropriate and affordable housing is acknowledged to be a
A fresh perspective on Tasmania, a terrible and beautiful place

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/740-a-fresh-perspective-on-tasmania-a-terrible-and-beautiful-place

10 Oct 2018: The island of Tasmania lies suspended beneath Australia like a heart-shaped pendant of sapphire, emerald and tourmaline. Here is where the world runs out, crumbling into the vast expanse of the Southern Ocean. Island Story: Tasmania in Object and
Sledging songs, penguins, and melting ice

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/715-sledging-songs-penguins-and-melting-ice

2 Sep 2018: When Douglas Mawson led Australasia’s first expedition to Antarctica in 1911–14, his crew took along a folding organ, a concertina, a flute, a piccolo and a mouth organ, as well as a gramophone, records and a hymn book. Program for The
Righting the wrongs of the past

https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2018/775-righting-the-wrongs-of-the-past

9 Sep 2018: Historians are working with Australian Indigenous communities to return the bodily remains of their Old People to country from overseas museums and universities. The early years of Australian colonisation in the late 1700s coincided with the